Match book



'H. R. FANCHER MATCH BOOK March 18, 1941.

Filed Dec. 27, 19 59 ilk/5 5 I Henry/5? frrer INVENTOR m wayw ax ATTORNEYS atented Mar. 18, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to match books and has for an object to provide a device of this character which will positively require complete closing of the book before a match can be struck on the striking surface.

A further object is to p ovide a match book equipped with means for limiting the movement of the matches upwardly to exposed position or downwardly to concealed position with relation to the cover.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which will be formed of a few strong simple and durable parts, which will be inexpensive to manufacture, and which will not easily 15 et outof order.

With the above and other objects in View the invention consists of certain noval details of construction and combinations of pants hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be resorted to within the scope of the. appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the match book constructed in accordance with the invention showing the tongue for limiting upward and downward movement of matches with relation to the cover.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the match book.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the match book showing the striking surface.

Figure 4 is a front elevation of the match book with the match backing moved upwardly to expose the matches and conceal the striking surface.

Figure 5 is an end elevation of the match book shown in Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a rear elevation of the match book with the backing and matches extended.

Figure v7 is a cross sectional view of the match book taken on the line 1-1 of Figure 1.

Figure 8 is a rear elevation of the backing of the matches showing the guide and stop tongue thereof.

Figure 9 is a plan View of the blank from which the cover of the match book is formed.

Referring now to the drawing in which like 50 characters of reference designate similar parts in the various views, the mat-ch book comprises a cover I 0, shown best in Figure 9, as formed from a single blank of pasteboard, or other suitable material, scored transversely as shown at l I and folded upon the scores to provide a substantially rectangular casing open at both ends. The blank is provided with a pair of parallel slits l2 in the rear wall.

In further carrying out the invention a backing l3 for the matches I4 is provided, the backing 5 also preferably being formed of pasteboard or other suitable material, and comprising a single substantially rectangular blank which, as best shown in Figure 8, is provided with longitudinal parallel slits forming a. longitudinally extending 10 tongue l5. The tongue is integral with the blank at the upper end and is free at the lower end to permit the tongue being trained through the slits 12 of the'cover for guiding upward anddownward movement of the backing in the cover to 1 respectively expose and conceal the matches. After the tongue is passed through the pair of slits in the cover, the lower end of the tongue is stapled to integrally connected ends of the matches, as shown at 16 in Figure 1. The staple limits upward movement of the backing to expose thecmatches above the cover and the integral upper end of the tongue limits downward movement of the backing to conceal the matches in the cover.

Secured to the integrally connected ends of the matches, on the opposite side thereof from the backing, is a striking surface ll formed of any suitable material. The backing is of such length that when it is slid upward to expose the matches, the striking surface will be concealed within the cover and when the backing is slid downward to conceal the matches within the cover, the striking surface is exposed below the cover as shown in Figure 3 to permit a match being ignited thereon.

From the above description it is thought that the construction and operation of the invention will be fully understood without further explanation.

What is claimed is:

1. A match container comprising a cover open at the top and the bottom and having a pair of parallel slits in the rear wall, matches having a backing slideably mounted in the cover, a tongue carried by and formed from the backing, the upper end of the tongue being connected to the backing, said tongue being passed through said pair of slits in the cover, and a staple connecting the lower end of the tongue to the backing, said connected end of said tongue and said staple forming means for limiting movement of the matches and backing upwardly or downwardly with relation to the cover.

2. A match book comprising a cover open at the top and at the bottom, a backing slideably mounted in the cover and of substantially greater length than the cover, matches on the backing integrally connected together at one end, a striking surface on the backing adapted to be exposed when the matches are concealed within the cover and to be concealed when the matches are exposed beyond the cover, a tongue integral at one end with the backing, there being parallel slits in the cover through which said tongue is engaged to slideably attach the backing to the cover, and a staple securing the free end of the tongue to the backing and securing the integral ends of the matches to the backing, the integral end of the tongue and said staple forming means for limiting sliding movement of the backing to expose and conceal the matches.

HENRY R. FANCHER. 

